AOC, Experts Clap Back at Mayor Adams' Comment About Due Process for Migrants

"We afford due process to all human beings who are within our borders," said Rep. Ocasio-Cortez.

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WASHINGTON — New York City Mayor Eric Adams said Tuesday that he believes migrants should not be entitled to the same constitutional right to due process as American citizens. “[T]he person that decides to shoot a police officer, they should not have those same rights” as citizens who commit crimes, said Adams, who pled not guilty to federal corruption charges in September.

“First part, I'm an American. Americans have certain rights. You know, the Constitution is for Americans. And I'm not a person that snuck into this country. My ancestors have been here for a long time, for a long time. And I don't know if your blouse is made of cotton, but they used to pick some of that.”

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Adams’ remarks drew sharp criticism from several pro-immigrant groups and legal experts. “The mayor’s claim has no basis in law,” Elora Mukherjee, the director of the Immigrant Rights Clinic at Columbia Law School, told Gothamist’s Elizabeth Kim. “The laws set forth in the …